stacyDec 21, 2013Back Door Rooster ManI never get tired of watching the antics of Brown Rooster from the back door. When it’s not raining I usually put him outside of the...
stacyDec 1, 2013Green Eggs & HamNow that it’s getting dark so early and the number of daylight hours is almost at its annual low, the ladies’ egg production has dropped...
stacyNov 2, 2013Coq au VinLast weekend we took a big step in our journey toward self-sufficiency at 5R Farm. You may recall from The Rooster Dilemma post that...
stacyOct 24, 2013Guess What…?It’s that time of year when many chickens go through the annual process of molting and grow a new set of feathers. It’s easy to tell when...
stacyOct 15, 2013King of the CastleIt’s been several months since I removed the roosters from the chicken flock, and I’ve been juggling rooster housing ever since. Things...
stacySep 5, 2013Good Girl, Grace!There’s exciting news today at 5R Farm. Grace has joined the ranks of the laying hens, and even more exciting is that she’s a member of...
stacyAug 17, 2013Where’s Brown Rooster?I felt the worst had happened to Brown Rooster. For those of you that haven’t been introduced to Brown Rooster yet, he is one of the two...
stacyJul 22, 2013The Rooster DilemmaIt’s been three months since we spontaneously agreed to provide a home for six chicks that were hatched out in a friend’s grade school...
stacyJun 29, 2013Bachelor Pad #2As much as I love my roosters, and as much as they love the ladies, it was time to move Reuben and Ramon into their own bachelor pad....
stacyJun 19, 2013Goodbye Sweet SussexI’ve known for a couple of months that one of our four Speckled Sussex hens was not doing well, and she finally left us this week. I’m...
stacyMay 25, 2013The Broody GirlsNow that we’ve gotten Millie through her broody phase by letting her hatch out a few chicks, we’ve got a couple more broody girls at the...
stacyMay 1, 2013Chicken Farm in the SkyThat’s where my little Sweet Pea is now. She left us this evening after a few weeks of us trying our best to nurse her back to health. I...
stacyApr 19, 2013Poor Little Sweet PeaI had thought about calling this post “Crazy Chicken Lady” because I’m about to divulge the lengths I will go to for one of my favorite...
stacyMar 21, 2013Momma MillieI have exciting news to report – our very own Millie hatched out some baby chicks! You may recall I had written about Millie wanting to...
stacyMar 6, 2013Rooster LoveI’ve learned a lot about rooster love in the last year, a bit too much perhaps, and one thing I can say is that love hurts! We currently...
stacyFeb 9, 2013R.I.P. HenryWe lost one of the good ones this week. Henry was the pint-sized ambassador of 5R Farm. He was one of our two banty roosters, the...
stacyFeb 3, 2013So Long, RingoIt’s been a long time coming, but I finally decided to rehome one of our roosters – Ringo, our silver gray dorking. Now that the roosters...
stacyJan 19, 2013Winter Chickens at 5R FarmWe’ve had several weeks of freezing temperatures in the mornings at 5R Farm this winter. When I look out the window in the morning and...
stacyDec 8, 2012The Boys of 5R Farm, Part III introduced you to Rooster Cogburn (aka Reuben) and Ramon, the two highest ranking roosters in our flock, in the previous Boys of 5R...
stacyNov 16, 2012The Boys of 5R FarmI had to give up my first rooster two and a half years ago when our backyard chicken Ramona turned into Ramon, and ever since then I...